Archive for April, 2008

A series called “First Ladies: Early Women Filmmakers” offers work from five film pioneers and Gregg Araki’s “The Living End” is remastered after 16 years.

Before you find yourself walking into iThen She Found Mei, make sure that A - youre a woman and B - youre in the mood for one of those low-budget, character-driven dramas about a woman whose life sucks a little bit more than yours. Keeping those parameters in mind, the film is quite compelling, carried by a solid supporting performance from Bette Midler.

Closing arguments will begin in Anthony Pellicano’s Hollywood wiretapping case after a federal judge rejected a defendant’s call for a mistrial.

IHell RideI is a raucous throwback to the days of the Sergio Leone spaghetti western, with a heaping helping of testosterone-fueled chopper action thrown into the mix. Writerdirector Larry Bishop takes on a third role as Pistolero, head honcho of the Victors, a group of badass bikers who are out to avenge the murder of one of their members at the hands of the 666ers, a rival gang whose actions live up to their hellish moniker.

Errol Morris is being pressed about interviews that were paid for in a new documentary on prisoner abuse in Iraq.

“Then She Found Me,” a serious comedy, is more impressive for what it refuses to do than for its modest accomplishment.

The release of the sixth and final volume of “Shirley Temple: America’s Sweetheart Collection” coincides with the actress’s 80th birthday.

Ms. Phillips played mostly supporting roles on Broadway and in more than 50 films in the 1930s and ’40s and was a co-writer of the 1958 horror film “The Blob.”

Norway, 79 minutes. 9:30 a.m. May 2, 3:45 p.m. May 4, Kabuki Sundance; 8:15 p.m. May 8, Clay. The tone of Bård Breien's film is established from the opening scene: a meeting of a support group for disabled people that is so positive that participants have to...

Australia, 106 minutes. 1:30 p.m. April 27, Pacific Film Archive; 12:45 p.m. April 30 and 8:45 p.m. May 4, Sundance Kabuki; 6:30 p.m. May 2, Clay. Every season, there seems to be a new memoir-writing fabulist in the news. But what happens when, in the face of...